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foreign policy which are together impossible to very much of my foreign any of those grievances legitimated play madison or any are any of those grievances legitimate in your mind any of them. yes some of them are illegitimate one of the points that al qaeda has consistently stress is that it wants the united states to reduce if not entirely eliminate the killing of muslims around the world in the crusader wars as they call them ironically however. terrorism has itself been responsible for a very large number of muslim deaths and of course the terrorist attacks have provoked an aggressive counterterrorism policy which as john is quick to highlight has had some very negative effects throughout the muslim world particularly on the civilian population i also want to make an empirical point however and that is that even when terrorists are lucky enough to achieve their strategic demands that doesn't mean that they then you know go out of the terrorism business take hezbollah for example hezbollah was created in the early one nine hundred eighty s. in order to get israel out of southern lebanon
foreign policy which are together impossible to very much of my foreign any of those grievances legitimated play madison or any are any of those grievances legitimate in your mind any of them. yes some of them are illegitimate one of the points that al qaeda has consistently stress is that it wants the united states to reduce if not entirely eliminate the killing of muslims around the world in the crusader wars as they call them ironically however. terrorism has itself been responsible for a...
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foreign policy which are together impossible to marry. any of those grievances legitimation play madison or any are any of those grievances legitimate in your mind any of them. yes some of them are illegitimate one of the points that al qaeda has consistently stress is that it wants the united states to reduce if not entirely eliminate the killing of muslims around the world in the crusader wars as they call them ironically however. terrorism has itself been responsible for a very large number of muslim deaths and of course the terrorist attacks have provoked an aggressive counter terrorism policy which as john is quick to highlight has had some very negative effects throughout the muslim world particularly on the civilian population i also want to make an empirical point however and that is that even when terrorists are lucky enough to achieve their strategic demands that doesn't mean that they then you know go out of the terrorism business take hezbollah for example hezbollah was created in the early one nine hundred eighty s. in order
foreign policy which are together impossible to marry. any of those grievances legitimation play madison or any are any of those grievances legitimate in your mind any of them. yes some of them are illegitimate one of the points that al qaeda has consistently stress is that it wants the united states to reduce if not entirely eliminate the killing of muslims around the world in the crusader wars as they call them ironically however. terrorism has itself been responsible for a very large number...
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foreign policy which are together impossible. for any of those grievances legitimation play madison or any are any of those grievances legitimate in your mind any of them. yes some of them are illegitimate one of the points that al qaeda has consistently stress is that it wants the united states to reduce if not entirely eliminate the killing of muslims around the world in the crusader wars as they call them ironically however. terrorism has itself been responsible for a very large number of muslim deaths and of course the terrorist attacks have provoked an aggressive counter terrorism policy which as john is quick to highlight has had some very negative effects throughout the muslim world particularly on the civilian population i also want to make an empirical point however and that is that even when terrorists are lucky enough to achieve their strategic demands that doesn't mean that they then you know go out of the terrorism business take hezbollah for example hezbollah was created in the early one nine hundred eighty s. in or
foreign policy which are together impossible. for any of those grievances legitimation play madison or any are any of those grievances legitimate in your mind any of them. yes some of them are illegitimate one of the points that al qaeda has consistently stress is that it wants the united states to reduce if not entirely eliminate the killing of muslims around the world in the crusader wars as they call them ironically however. terrorism has itself been responsible for a very large number of...
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foreign policy which are together impossible. for any of those grievances legitimately mattison or any are any of those grievances legitimate in your mind any of them. yes some of them are illegitimate one of the points that al qaeda has consistently stress is that it wants the united states to reduce if not entirely eliminate the killing of muslims around the world in the crusader wars as they call them ironically however. terrorism has itself been responsible for a very large number of muslim deaths and of course the terrorist attacks have provoked an aggressive counterterrorism policy which as john is quick to highlight has had some very negative effects throughout the muslim world particularly on the civilian population i also want to make an empirical point however and that is that even when terrorists are lucky enough to achieve their strategic demands that doesn't mean that they then you know go out of the terrorism business take hezbollah for example hezbollah was created in the early one nine hundred eighty s. in order t
foreign policy which are together impossible. for any of those grievances legitimately mattison or any are any of those grievances legitimate in your mind any of them. yes some of them are illegitimate one of the points that al qaeda has consistently stress is that it wants the united states to reduce if not entirely eliminate the killing of muslims around the world in the crusader wars as they call them ironically however. terrorism has itself been responsible for a very large number of muslim...
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. >> we continue the discussion on foreign-policy in the middle east with with a look at al qaeda and its operations in this is from the foundation for defense of democracy. it is one hour and a half. >> i think we will get started. we have a full house. i am the president of the foundation for defense of democracies and i am pleased to welcome you to this discussion on al qaeda. we look forward to hearing from you i lay, the senior national security correspondent for "news -- "newsweek" and "the daily beast." and of course my calling, ms. sedin, senior fellow at journal. , most of your probably familiar with the organization. we would like to say that we start with as a polls and focus on research and policy and we try to achieve real progress. and those who are affiliated with sed in various capacities don't agree on everything. we like to have good solid debates. we do all the time around here. though we agree on some basic fundamental points. among them would be that nobody should be denied basic human rights, including freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly -
. >> we continue the discussion on foreign-policy in the middle east with with a look at al qaeda and its operations in this is from the foundation for defense of democracy. it is one hour and a half. >> i think we will get started. we have a full house. i am the president of the foundation for defense of democracies and i am pleased to welcome you to this discussion on al qaeda. we look forward to hearing from you i lay, the senior national security correspondent for "news --...
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i wanted to ask about the foreign policy fallout from the disclosure of the nsa programs. your spokesman said yesterday there's no question that the u.s. relationship with russia has gotten worse since vladimir putin took office. how much of that decline do you attribute directly to mr. putin, given you seemed to have a good working relationship with predecessor, and will there be any punitive measures taken again russia for giving asylum to edward snowden? >> i think there's always been some tension in the u.s.-russian relationship after the fall of the soviet union. there's been cooperation in some areas, competition in others. it is true that in my first four years in working with president medvedev, we made a lot of progress. we got start done -- the start 2 done. we were able to cooperate together on iran sanctions. they provided us help in terms of supplying our troops in afghanistan. we were able to get russia into the wto, which is not just good for russia, it's good for our companies and businesses because they're more likely then to follow international norms and
i wanted to ask about the foreign policy fallout from the disclosure of the nsa programs. your spokesman said yesterday there's no question that the u.s. relationship with russia has gotten worse since vladimir putin took office. how much of that decline do you attribute directly to mr. putin, given you seemed to have a good working relationship with predecessor, and will there be any punitive measures taken again russia for giving asylum to edward snowden? >> i think there's always been...
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policy, the glass jar of democratic candidates and what he is seen as a doubling down on the police. eric holder can to san francisco for a meeting that was put on and he was questioned specifically about the sting operations and he insisted that the these are a legitimate law enforcement tool for binding terrorists. but we've also seen under obama and by the press to be critical of this is an increasing of surveillance. the amount of warrantless wiretaps, warrantless electronic surveillance. the fbi when it believes someone might has 72 hours looking through e-mail and trash to go through any kind of digital remnants he might leave behind looking for evidence that he may be involved in terrorism and we have seen an explosion of that. googled reports every year and that is increased. what we have seen is a really strong sandbar moment in defending these. we've seen a steady increase in the types of spaces and if you look at the initial mother jones investigation there's been data since then and the percentage of the informants that are agent provocateurs in terms of who provides the
policy, the glass jar of democratic candidates and what he is seen as a doubling down on the police. eric holder can to san francisco for a meeting that was put on and he was questioned specifically about the sting operations and he insisted that the these are a legitimate law enforcement tool for binding terrorists. but we've also seen under obama and by the press to be critical of this is an increasing of surveillance. the amount of warrantless wiretaps, warrantless electronic surveillance....
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my question is is there an actual civil war happening inside the republican party over foreign policy and does rand paul represent something bigger than rand paul? >> yes. there is a wacko birds, which is john mccain's term for rand paul, which john mccain was very upset about versus the angry birds. the john mccain who barks at these people. >> is that the way we're describing it? i like this. >> watch from it now on. >> i like in. >> but it's lindsey graham, who right after the filibuster said i thought we were at war. using these kind of 2003 vintage types of sloganeering out there falling on increasingly deaf ears both in the american public at large and also in the republican party. it isn't a dominant caucus, the rand paul wing, for sure. and they're reaching out to democrats and looking for democrats who are very serious about being anti-war, being pro civil liberties and don't really depend on the republican party. but that caucus is growing. there's a bunch of new in the house people who have come in in the last couple of years who have come in and very seriously anti-interve
my question is is there an actual civil war happening inside the republican party over foreign policy and does rand paul represent something bigger than rand paul? >> yes. there is a wacko birds, which is john mccain's term for rand paul, which john mccain was very upset about versus the angry birds. the john mccain who barks at these people. >> is that the way we're describing it? i like this. >> watch from it now on. >> i like in. >> but it's lindsey graham, who...
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foreign policy and defense heads speak to washington with a deepening political route which sees both sides pointing the finger of blame. kurdish activists send out a plea to world powers urging them to prevent ethnic cleansing in syria we talked to an eyewitness of the brutal attacks by al-qaeda linked groups. and the fountain of hope the truck driver later we look at the roots of the arab spring that flourished on the promise of democracy but which is failing to bring the stability and prosperity and he died for.
foreign policy and defense heads speak to washington with a deepening political route which sees both sides pointing the finger of blame. kurdish activists send out a plea to world powers urging them to prevent ethnic cleansing in syria we talked to an eyewitness of the brutal attacks by al-qaeda linked groups. and the fountain of hope the truck driver later we look at the roots of the arab spring that flourished on the promise of democracy but which is failing to bring the stability and...
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those issues were very much to do with syria and some foreign policy issues as well as some economic issues that the u.s. and russia have in common it just seems that this particular snowden affair has unleashed a level of anger in the u.s. government that that is preventing them from actually doing what they do very well which is to manage foreign policy manage crises and use the press to do that i think it's actually. a very unique and rarely seen sign of weakness. in the same news conference where president obama mentioned the strains with moscow he announced reform of the much maligned n.s.a. surveillance program although he promised more transparency and supervision the american president made it clear that data collection will continue the founding editor of news website this can't be happening told us it's just an attempt to calm the public down. first of all his time press conference is totally for u.s. consumption and secondly. we have now seen five years of this where he says one thing and does another. you know he he is not going to cut back on the n.s.a. spying that's cle
those issues were very much to do with syria and some foreign policy issues as well as some economic issues that the u.s. and russia have in common it just seems that this particular snowden affair has unleashed a level of anger in the u.s. government that that is preventing them from actually doing what they do very well which is to manage foreign policy manage crises and use the press to do that i think it's actually. a very unique and rarely seen sign of weakness. in the same news conference...
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issues not only of constitutional law but also of conscience and conviction and to mention the profound foreign-policy implications that may be involved. the witness for giving us insight into the chilling unintended consequences of possible mistakes in this area. i have to assume they were unintended consequences because simply we have that faith in the good intentions of our military and of the decision-makers who are guiding this process. ,ut stepping back for a moment one question on my mind is whether it is the rules act the ,oal -- applicable to drones and they are in the title of this hearing, call them unmanned aerial vehicles or remotely piloted aircraft, whatever they are called, whether those rules really should be fundamentally different than they are for any targeted strike. because, colonel, you pointed the decision is made to do a targeted strike, assuming that the decision is justified by imminent threat or other criteria, then we have a set of tactical weaponry at our disposal. maybe boots on the ground, fighter aircraft, cruise missiles, or artillery. remotely piloted aircraft are mo
issues not only of constitutional law but also of conscience and conviction and to mention the profound foreign-policy implications that may be involved. the witness for giving us insight into the chilling unintended consequences of possible mistakes in this area. i have to assume they were unintended consequences because simply we have that faith in the good intentions of our military and of the decision-makers who are guiding this process. ,ut stepping back for a moment one question on my...
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your foreign policy tie your imwith your hands. even dianne feinstein agrees with you. >> once the administration made this call, there is a real need for us to back it up or america becomes a paper tiger. >> mr. president, in the past when american was respected and feared, no one would care think of crossing an american president's red line. remember you said you wouldn't go to war unless there was imminent threat to national security. what case have you made? last i checked, assad has never attacked us. by the way, didn't you get elected as an antiwar president? didn't you vote against the last war in iraq? is here we are five years into your administration and american men and women are still on the ground fighting afghanistan. they will return to their tribal enclave as soon as we leave. your iraq withdrawal thing hasn't worked out so well either. senator mccain, we all respect you for your service and the sacrifices you made for this country, but in the end, maybe you're right. maybe it's all just a game. mr. president, can y
your foreign policy tie your imwith your hands. even dianne feinstein agrees with you. >> once the administration made this call, there is a real need for us to back it up or america becomes a paper tiger. >> mr. president, in the past when american was respected and feared, no one would care think of crossing an american president's red line. remember you said you wouldn't go to war unless there was imminent threat to national security. what case have you made? last i checked,...
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are the what implications of this on how we implement foreign policy. ofserves as an overarching the things i would like to see us cover. i would like to start with the first question on the rent we face and why we need security. if there are no random -- no benefits, we do not need security. how has the threat of terrorism changed over the past decade and how have our methods adaptive? >> it has changed in relatively significant ways. it is a far more diffuse threat than it was 10 or 15 years ago. is not necessarily align to buy group, but principally by ideology and other driving fact factors.-- driving threat seems to progress at times very rapidly. what may appear to be a localized threat today could be on our doorstep tomorrow. lastly, they do not necessarily inear based on their actions recent actions are indicators of that. big and complex attacks are their goal or their aim to accomplish their objectives. comparisonsmall in attacks that are relatively simple to put together and execute seem to be a preference. the same tools we all have to commu
are the what implications of this on how we implement foreign policy. ofserves as an overarching the things i would like to see us cover. i would like to start with the first question on the rent we face and why we need security. if there are no random -- no benefits, we do not need security. how has the threat of terrorism changed over the past decade and how have our methods adaptive? >> it has changed in relatively significant ways. it is a far more diffuse threat than it was 10 or 15...
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i think a less more ambitious foreign-policy and a foreign policy that is premised on the notion of limits to what american military power can accomplish, i think that is the answer. i don't think over these last 10 years of war the american people have been morally connected to these two wars like a war with regard to vietnam. the other point about time and how long these kinds of wars take, you are right, and original strategy is to use nation-building and counterinsurgency, if that is to achieve the policy aim, irrational strategy would say and come out front and be honest about it that if we're going to apply our nation building to keep al qaeda at bay in afghanistan, then it is going to take a long time and it is not going to take 18 months or eight years or 18 years. we're talking about a multi generally shingle effort. then my point in my talk all along is if we're doing strategy right, the way i explained, especially with regard to afghanistan, we have this limited corps policy aim which is the destruction of al qaeda, which was pretty much accomplished by early 2002. why did we ne
i think a less more ambitious foreign-policy and a foreign policy that is premised on the notion of limits to what american military power can accomplish, i think that is the answer. i don't think over these last 10 years of war the american people have been morally connected to these two wars like a war with regard to vietnam. the other point about time and how long these kinds of wars take, you are right, and original strategy is to use nation-building and counterinsurgency, if that is to...
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time will tell which foreign policy position will define the obama years. joining us to discuss from washington is former assistant secretary of state and professor at george washington university, professor pj crowley. professor, thank you for joining us. >> hello. >> pj as we talk about the legacy of the obama doctrine, vis-a-vis our war on terrorists drones. the attacks were motivated to do what they did by the wars in iraq and afghanistan. i'll quote a little bit from that story. the 19-year-old suspect in the boston marathon bombings has told interrogators that the american wars in iraq and afghanistan, motivated he and his brother to carry out the attack. what do you make of that, pj? >> i'm not surprised at all that has been a motivator for jihadists around the world, particularly the u.s. invasion of iraq in 2003. so this just continues a theme, and it's not even unique to the united states. faisal shazad, the times square bomber, said he was motivated by the ongoing drone campaign in pakistan. >> wes, as someone who has seen combat, we're having ou
time will tell which foreign policy position will define the obama years. joining us to discuss from washington is former assistant secretary of state and professor at george washington university, professor pj crowley. professor, thank you for joining us. >> hello. >> pj as we talk about the legacy of the obama doctrine, vis-a-vis our war on terrorists drones. the attacks were motivated to do what they did by the wars in iraq and afghanistan. i'll quote a little bit from that...
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is our current foreign policy good for america? is our engagement or involvement in egypt, syria, pakistan, to ?ur benefit or detriment i think we must have the strongest military on earth. not because we are eager to use it, but because no one would ever dare to challenge us. i think reagan. it right when he said -- got it right when he said, as are the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is our highest aspiration. we will negotiate for it. we will sacrifice for it. but we will not surrender for it. now or ever. should not bee misunderstood, our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. when action is required to preserve our national security, we will act. we will maintain sufficient strength to avail if need be, knowing that if we do so we have the best chance of never having to use that strength. there is probably no clear or disposition of what it means to have peace through strength. -- country'sries sake, for our soldiers'sake for every veteran
is our current foreign policy good for america? is our engagement or involvement in egypt, syria, pakistan, to ?ur benefit or detriment i think we must have the strongest military on earth. not because we are eager to use it, but because no one would ever dare to challenge us. i think reagan. it right when he said -- got it right when he said, as are the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is our highest aspiration. we will negotiate for it....
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for anyone who is -- pays attention to american foreign policy and military affairs, you know that ever since the attacks on this country on 9/11, the united states has had to evolve militarily in our intelligence community in many ways to meet the challenge of this new enemy. and more than anyone that i think of general mcchrystal has been responsible for shaping that evolution and developing what i call the targeting engine with which is what i think we have adopted as the method defending the country. thank you for being here, it's great to see you. >> thank you, mark thank you for the too kind introduction. >> i know that, you know, our -- you are the commander of special operations in iraq and afghanistan, and there has been a rapid evolution. i'm familiar from writing "black hawk down "with the way thing were in the early '90s. can you give us an idea of the overall strategy and we'll get to specifics, maybe but also the tactics you have developed? >> not me. a group of people did. thanks. take a you back a little bit. at end of the vietnam war as america has done at the end of ot
for anyone who is -- pays attention to american foreign policy and military affairs, you know that ever since the attacks on this country on 9/11, the united states has had to evolve militarily in our intelligence community in many ways to meet the challenge of this new enemy. and more than anyone that i think of general mcchrystal has been responsible for shaping that evolution and developing what i call the targeting engine with which is what i think we have adopted as the method defending...
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foreign policy which are together impossible to marry. any of those grievances legitimated play madison or any are any of those grievances legitimate in your mind any of them. yes some of them are illegitimate one of the points that al qaeda has consistently stress is that it wants the united states to reduce if not entirely eliminate the killing of muslims around the world in the crusader wars as they call them ironically however. terrorism has itself been responsible for a very large number of muslim deaths and of course the terrorist attacks have provoked an aggressive counter terrorism policy which as john is quick to highlight has had some very negative effects throughout the muslim world particularly on the civilian population i also want to make an empirical point however and that is that even when terrorists are lucky enough to achieve their strategic demands that doesn't mean that they then you know go out of the terrorism business take hezbollah for example hezbollah was created in the early one nine hundred eighty s. in order t
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foreign policy around the world sure it's one soldier versus an entire ministration who institutionalized a war mentality based on will known lies and no one was held accountable for that i i just don't know what to say about obama's refusal to even investigate those those people but let's move on to something else that you've been outspoken about which is drones that you've said that the drone use in pakistan is unsustainable why is it that the current administration cannot acknowledge that drones abroad are a violation of these country's sovereignty and be creating blowback toward this country p.j. well let's let's unpack what you just said. there is still in the world a danger to the united states a danger to other countries including russia which has suffered its own challenges from violent political extremists. the united states chose why. path in two thousand and one and two thousand and three introducing substantial numbers of u.s. forces into those countries. and while this specific. policies and strategies have been accomplished but it came at a tremendous cost a cost to the unit
foreign policy around the world sure it's one soldier versus an entire ministration who institutionalized a war mentality based on will known lies and no one was held accountable for that i i just don't know what to say about obama's refusal to even investigate those those people but let's move on to something else that you've been outspoken about which is drones that you've said that the drone use in pakistan is unsustainable why is it that the current administration cannot acknowledge that...
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is our current foreign policy good for america? is our engagement in egypt and syria and pakistan to our benefit? i think we must have a strong military. not because we are eager to use it, but because no one would ever dare to challenge us. i think reagan got it right when we said -- he said as for the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is our highest aspiration. we will negotiate for it. we will sacrifice for it. but we will not surrender for it, now or ever. our forbearance should not be misunderstood. our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. when action is required to preserve our national security, we will act. we will maintain sufficient strength to prevail. if we do so, we have the best chance of never having to use that strength. sake,r country's certainly for our soldiers' sake, for the sake of every veteran who ever donned the mission america's should always be to keep the peace, not police the world. america that does not seek to beco
is our current foreign policy good for america? is our engagement in egypt and syria and pakistan to our benefit? i think we must have a strong military. not because we are eager to use it, but because no one would ever dare to challenge us. i think reagan got it right when we said -- he said as for the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is our highest aspiration. we will negotiate for it. we will sacrifice for it. but we will not surrender...
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next on lou dobbs tonight, the genius of senator mccain's foreign policy trip to syria. the second awesomest thing on the internet today, this picture tweeted out by actor patrick stewart, with the line, "my first ever pizza slice," please note the authentic new york fold. how is it possible that the 72-year-old star of "star trek" and xmen is just now eating pizza for the first time. the story made headlines, countless other outlets. today, "new york" magazine published an extensive interview. people misunderstood, stewart explained. this was my first slice of pizza, which i was only eating because my fiance and i were a little hung over. he said he had eaten entire pizzas before, but never just a slice, and when he was a wee little one in england, he had never even heard of pizza. so we know dean martin sang, "when the moon hits your eyes like a big pizza pie, that's amoth amore," he thought he was saying, a big piece of pie. and then the vagina shaped pinball machine, inspired by former congressman and former senate candidate, todd akin. >> first of all, from what i u
next on lou dobbs tonight, the genius of senator mccain's foreign policy trip to syria. the second awesomest thing on the internet today, this picture tweeted out by actor patrick stewart, with the line, "my first ever pizza slice," please note the authentic new york fold. how is it possible that the 72-year-old star of "star trek" and xmen is just now eating pizza for the first time. the story made headlines, countless other outlets. today, "new york" magazine...
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i believe in more of an activist foreign policy, an interventionalist foreign policy and there are strange alliances going on in both these wings. and this is a really big policy fight that's going to happen in the republican party. the fight we're having now is a big water balloon fight. it's no more serious than that, although it's going to do some serious harm over a tactic, because the republican party actually stands with a whole lot of independent americans in its dislike or disapproval of obama care. but this fight about tactics has totally crowded out what was a legitimate disapproval of a policy that even the white house seems to be struggling with. >> i don't think it's about tactics, though. i think it's about -- it's not purity, it's about extremism, i guess. it's about whether or not extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, right? whether or not this is actually -- whether your threat to shut down the government to do real harm to the country is something that is noble or whether that is something that is not noble and -- >> so, it's a fight about nobility, but not even
i believe in more of an activist foreign policy, an interventionalist foreign policy and there are strange alliances going on in both these wings. and this is a really big policy fight that's going to happen in the republican party. the fight we're having now is a big water balloon fight. it's no more serious than that, although it's going to do some serious harm over a tactic, because the republican party actually stands with a whole lot of independent americans in its dislike or disapproval...
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foreign policy. the kentucky senator is considered by some as they potential 2016 residential candidate. he spoke for about a half an hour at the citadel. this is part of c-span's road to the white house 2016 coverage. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you, thank you. i understand you guys have a big game on saturday. who is going to win? all right, all right. i'm glad to see there is no debate on that. it is an honor to be with you today at the citadel. i want to thank general rosa for inviting me and having me at the citadel. i went to knowledge the chairman of the board and cadet colonel colin hicks, resident -- regimental commander. on a more serious note, some of you may one day be called to defend your country. if you choose to serve, you will do it willingly, as a volunteer. our military is second to none, and our excellence stems from having professionals who serve voluntarily. since 1843, cadets like yourselves have been coming from the citadel and answering your nation's
foreign policy. the kentucky senator is considered by some as they potential 2016 residential candidate. he spoke for about a half an hour at the citadel. this is part of c-span's road to the white house 2016 coverage. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you, thank you. i understand you guys have a big game on saturday. who is going to win? all right, all right. i'm glad to see there is no debate on that. it is an honor to be with you today at the citadel. i want to thank...
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policy benchmark for washington to never repeat the primary lesson that the us foreign policy establishment should have learned from vietnam and i don't think they'd learn from. is that they cannot in spite of the fact that they have great military supremacy go in and just destroy a government occupy a country and remold their country so that it becomes a proxy or a client of the united states forty years and six presidents later critics say washington has done a better job at repeating mistakes rather than learning from them we still keep getting these these awful wars or interventions and other countries. i mean it's well imperialism you're not going to win we didn't win in iraq. within women the afghanistan gracefully and leaving their with their lives and the same thing is like a vietnam we didn't win the one absolutely nothing and you know and they just don't get it we've tried to rule the world we've tried to do it in not only in a way that's been damaging devery nation the world but in the process the united states has become less and less gray it's become less and less economically
policy benchmark for washington to never repeat the primary lesson that the us foreign policy establishment should have learned from vietnam and i don't think they'd learn from. is that they cannot in spite of the fact that they have great military supremacy go in and just destroy a government occupy a country and remold their country so that it becomes a proxy or a client of the united states forty years and six presidents later critics say washington has done a better job at repeating...
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the fact is that she has lined up american foreign-policy squarely behind washington unlike her predecessor, who you may recall got himself involved in the middle east peace process and along with turkey -- turkey and brazil wanted to play the intermediaries in the irani and nuclear -- iranian nuclear program controversy, and washington did not appreciate that at all. rousseff has pulled back from all of that. she considers that she has been doublecrossed by washington. that is why she has canceled this dinner. one other thing, she was actually on the verge of announcing that brazil would buy 36 fighter planes from boeing rather than from france or sweden. lula was in favor of the french playing -- plane. but now brazilian officials don't see how these planes can be bought from the united states, so maybe they will buy them from france. >> above and beyond all of that these problems with brazil and the u.s., what does rousseff's decision mean for president obama? >> obama has had a very bad summer, as you know. he has really given the impression of being indecisive and weak on the world sta
the fact is that she has lined up american foreign-policy squarely behind washington unlike her predecessor, who you may recall got himself involved in the middle east peace process and along with turkey -- turkey and brazil wanted to play the intermediaries in the irani and nuclear -- iranian nuclear program controversy, and washington did not appreciate that at all. rousseff has pulled back from all of that. she considers that she has been doublecrossed by washington. that is why she has...
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ambassador that surveillance on foreign leaders has little to do with national security keith alexander suggested it's the policy makers who decide who to monitor including ambassadors now a rift is growing in washington's political establishment as the buck is passed over who is responsible for the spying which is cause a loss of trust at home and among allies and that breach of trust in germany could see edward snowden come to berlin to testify over the u.s. tapping of chancellor angela merkel's phone in a letter to german authorities the former n.s.a. contractor expressed hope the growing support for what he did will prompt washington to a bed of what he called harmful behavior. has the details member of german parliament christians met with that noted in moscow on thursday have they have discussed this notice possible just twenty in front of the german parliament and the former n.s.a. contractor has actually issued an entire letter address it to the german chancellor angela merkel in which he said that he would be more than willing to come and testify because he knows a lot about th
ambassador that surveillance on foreign leaders has little to do with national security keith alexander suggested it's the policy makers who decide who to monitor including ambassadors now a rift is growing in washington's political establishment as the buck is passed over who is responsible for the spying which is cause a loss of trust at home and among allies and that breach of trust in germany could see edward snowden come to berlin to testify over the u.s. tapping of chancellor angela...
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putin's foreign-policy aide said that president obama's decision to cancel the meeting is disappointing. he says it is clear that the decision is linked to the snowden dispute. he said russia's invitation for obama to visit the country was still in force. they last met in june on the sidelines of the group of eight summit in northern ireland where they disagreed on the syrian crisis. in egypt and thousands of backers of the ousted mohamed morsi are currently camping out in cairo and holding daily protests outside security buildings. a bloodshed in the country may know her son and -- may now worsen. >> rallies supporting mohamed morsi continued on the final night of ramadan. for the first time, balloons joined morsi's pictures and egyptian flags conveying the message they will continue during the feast that hurls the end of the holy month. >> i will stay here in the square as a sacrifice for my religion. i come here with my wife and kids to tell the world that i want my relion. morsi has become a model for this freedom. >> it is a coup chanted protesters. ameran senatorjohn mccain d lind
putin's foreign-policy aide said that president obama's decision to cancel the meeting is disappointing. he says it is clear that the decision is linked to the snowden dispute. he said russia's invitation for obama to visit the country was still in force. they last met in june on the sidelines of the group of eight summit in northern ireland where they disagreed on the syrian crisis. in egypt and thousands of backers of the ousted mohamed morsi are currently camping out in cairo and holding...
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kohan a contributing editor for u s thinks on foreign policy in focus believes it's unlikely but impossible theron government would have risked provoking on israel that. i think the idea that the syrian government would be shipping arms to has bulla in the midst of the civil war to be a very dubious kind of project i don't i don't see what the logic of that is i think the israelis are intervening it just quietly us is is thinking of intervening because they don't think things are going. exactly the way that the insurgency wants them to go israelis can pretty much a strike as they will in syria what the effect of that is on the wider arab world i think is the key question here and the israelis may find that while they're able to basically strike it will again syria that also means that it places a very different view so to speak of the civil war in syria and i think at this point the syrians are going to not going to do anything physically but i think they are going to say politically that the israelis are attempting to overthrow the assad government and therefore anybody who supports the ov
kohan a contributing editor for u s thinks on foreign policy in focus believes it's unlikely but impossible theron government would have risked provoking on israel that. i think the idea that the syrian government would be shipping arms to has bulla in the midst of the civil war to be a very dubious kind of project i don't i don't see what the logic of that is i think the israelis are intervening it just quietly us is is thinking of intervening because they don't think things are going. exactly...
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he has also set out a foreign policy agenda for the rests tim. sort out the israeli palestinian issue, and you will have greater stability in the world. he said he was encourages by president rouhani who will speak here later. he also said the u.s. supports iran going down the nuclear path so long as it is for peaceful energy purposes, and also remarkably, he referred back to the early 1950s when america helped to overthrow the ironian prime minister. now that's huge, the iranians are always talking about that, and for a president to say that in this forum, that's a very, very big deal. he said that the united states will never stop protecting israeli, but also recognizes the right of the palestinians to live in peace. on syria, he was unequivocal. he called for a -- [ technical difficulties ] -- with consequences he said to make sure that syria keeps its promises regarding its chemical weapons stockpile, and on the middle east and north africa, he talked about the need for the united states to not be criticized for med elling in other country's
he has also set out a foreign policy agenda for the rests tim. sort out the israeli palestinian issue, and you will have greater stability in the world. he said he was encourages by president rouhani who will speak here later. he also said the u.s. supports iran going down the nuclear path so long as it is for peaceful energy purposes, and also remarkably, he referred back to the early 1950s when america helped to overthrow the ironian prime minister. now that's huge, the iranians are always...
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our enemies really do not know what our foreign policy is. our friends don't know what it is and i am not so sure that americans know what it is. we see it playing out with different reasons, going into different countries, removing people from leadership and putting someone else in. i like my friend from austin, i am concerned about the players there is no pure sidein this civil war. you have hezbollah, a bunch of bad guys on one side, and then you have other terrorist groups allthe other side, including of the groups involved. i do believe these are powerful groups on both sides. history will find out who ends up winning this civil war. you factor in the religious connotation in this civil war and you really do have a real problem. we do have a real problem on our hands. my concern is, specifically, we want to do something to punish mr. bad guy assad. no question about it. he is a bad guy, wasting good air breathing. we're not going to shoot him or take him out because we do not want to destabilize the civil war going on between both sides,
our enemies really do not know what our foreign policy is. our friends don't know what it is and i am not so sure that americans know what it is. we see it playing out with different reasons, going into different countries, removing people from leadership and putting someone else in. i like my friend from austin, i am concerned about the players there is no pure sidein this civil war. you have hezbollah, a bunch of bad guys on one side, and then you have other terrorist groups allthe other...
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i mean, we're very troubled by president obama's foreign policy across the board. so whenever we hear he is sending secret letters to the iranians, i get nervous, a lot of people get nervous. i go back to the fact that the security council has made it very clear what iran has to do. president obama wants to cut a deal, he is going to have to come in and change the u.n. he has to be weaker than the u.n. if you're weaker than the u.n., there's a problem. so have something sort of meetings at the u.n. next week, on the side, when they both speak on tuesday, president obama is going to speak in the morning, around 9:30 on tuesday, and president rouhani around 4:00. if they're going to meet tuesday afternoon, let's hope that president obama says, hey, here's the resolution that says, stop enreaching all uranium. this is how clear we'll be. you have to comply. we're not going to water down the resolutions. >> it will be interesting to see what happen. we'll talk to you when it all unfolds. thank you for joining us. >>> a nation grieving together on a sunday as weçó awe
i mean, we're very troubled by president obama's foreign policy across the board. so whenever we hear he is sending secret letters to the iranians, i get nervous, a lot of people get nervous. i go back to the fact that the security council has made it very clear what iran has to do. president obama wants to cut a deal, he is going to have to come in and change the u.n. he has to be weaker than the u.n. if you're weaker than the u.n., there's a problem. so have something sort of meetings at the...
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foreign policy and national security in the world. to move from an era of war, which we have been in for a number of years, to the next phase in terms of american leadership in the world so yes, the president determined as he said during the campaign in 2008 that we would withdraw from iraq and we have withdrawn from iraq an iran asi asi iraq stands on its own as a sovereign state. the president has said in conjunction with our allies, by the way, at the lisbon nato summiand confirmed at the chicago summit on afghanistan, nato summit, that the united states and the troops would complete the military mission in afghanistan by december 31st, 2014 and we are on track to meet that goal. >> and how many troops will remain after that? that's the question. >> yes, today we have about 67 or 66 or 67,000 troops in afghanistan. >> right. >> the president has said and we will implement this, that there will be a reduction in those drops at a steady pace between now and the end of the year, 2014, so that is essentially 23 months from now. and we'
foreign policy and national security in the world. to move from an era of war, which we have been in for a number of years, to the next phase in terms of american leadership in the world so yes, the president determined as he said during the campaign in 2008 that we would withdraw from iraq and we have withdrawn from iraq an iran asi asi iraq stands on its own as a sovereign state. the president has said in conjunction with our allies, by the way, at the lisbon nato summiand confirmed at the...
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that american foreign policy is in that region was that good. or for al qaeda be managed to track that many people many islamic fundamentalists to join al qaeda that aren't specially in iraq and to fight that american and also before that in afghanistan to fight the american occupation so the american new pieces of middle eastern country is there this morning to dismantle to change actually played to the hand over al qaeda absolutely i think it could be used as a very successful of equipment but what i think is important to stress here as well is that we usually make a distinction between state and non-state violence for political and i think it is really wrong because there is nothing inherently more evil about sounding huge advantage of world trade center than for example sandy hundreds of jobs to baghdad i mean it's still the violence in the case of state violence the death toll is much higher yes there are i believe americans and their vision in iraq is there so our kind of terrorism simply because it was based on lies and when the american
that american foreign policy is in that region was that good. or for al qaeda be managed to track that many people many islamic fundamentalists to join al qaeda that aren't specially in iraq and to fight that american and also before that in afghanistan to fight the american occupation so the american new pieces of middle eastern country is there this morning to dismantle to change actually played to the hand over al qaeda absolutely i think it could be used as a very successful of equipment...
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the reason i lay that out is because i have to wonder if american foreign policy doesn't look at this and think perhaps it's better if these groups s y local because then the hornets stay in the nest or close to the nest s that wrong? >> you know, you could make that argument. on the other happenend, somalia controlled by al shabab and they were recruiting americans and training them and that's not a good outcome for the long term. al shabab has been dealt quite a bit of military defeats in the past and in a way this attack on the mall might be an attempt to show that they are still relevant because really on the battlefield the kenyan military, african union with support from the united states, for instance, u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s on occasion has been pretty effective against al shabab. >> but wasn't that the issue -- afghanistan was the training ground for al qaeda and once the sledgehammer came down on afghanistan, it became a worldwide effort. is it perhaps easier to contain when it is in a base like one country, like somalia, like afghanistan? >> you know, the pre- 9/11 afghanistan
the reason i lay that out is because i have to wonder if american foreign policy doesn't look at this and think perhaps it's better if these groups s y local because then the hornets stay in the nest or close to the nest s that wrong? >> you know, you could make that argument. on the other happenend, somalia controlled by al shabab and they were recruiting americans and training them and that's not a good outcome for the long term. al shabab has been dealt quite a bit of military defeats...
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on lease jihad us into syria send troops across the causeway to bahrain i mean obviously they're foreign and domestic policies are are rather different not so but neville and when there's a border to be crossed charlie you want to weigh in there and let's let's go let's let's remember the world is not a perfect place and the art of foreign policy is not a perfect place and there's no necessary consistency between how you deal with one nation state versus how you deal with another. in a lot of this stuff i remember henry kissinger once at a conference i was at you know said listen he says you have all these different countries the cables come in from your embassies and you react to them it's not like there's this grand master plan you have to deal with what's on the ground and i think for instance looking at egypt yes i think the u.s. government would have been in their interests and in the interests of israel as an ally to keep mubarak in place he wasn't you know the greatest domestic leader but you're right he kept the lid on things and kept peace treaties and kept stability in the area
on lease jihad us into syria send troops across the causeway to bahrain i mean obviously they're foreign and domestic policies are are rather different not so but neville and when there's a border to be crossed charlie you want to weigh in there and let's let's go let's let's remember the world is not a perfect place and the art of foreign policy is not a perfect place and there's no necessary consistency between how you deal with one nation state versus how you deal with another. in a lot of...
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it's not about terrorism but rather foreign policy and economic. it is just moments after ten pm on monday here in moscow it's. a pleasure to have you with us for the program tonight. mind what you say otherwise you could end up languishing in jail at best that's apparently the message the saudi authorities are . the country's prisons are packed with regime activists estimates suggest more than thirty thousand behind bars the crackdown has exposed a chasm also within the ruling family so i spoke exclusively to the saudi prince. who became a dissident himself taking a stand against the methods. the government is obviously scared of the arab revolutions and they responded as they usually do by resorting to oppression violence arbitrary law and arrests the easiest thing they can do is deprive you of your salary or fire you altogether that the ruling regime is not guarded by justice and this is especially true of the ministry of interior there is no independent judiciary that has both police and the prosecutor's office are countable to the interior min
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. >> this is an important issue regarding the role of congress in setting foreign policy, in particular, the power to make war. ways, itle, in some reflects what is being discussed president reagan decided to launch a limited strike in libya, how does this reconcile president reagan's example in 1986? or and operation of that magnitude? , thisn you look at this does not do anything beyond what the war powers act says. it says.ates what there has been disagreement. some people do not think we are getting ready to commence with syria -- what we are getting ready to commence with syria is war. the constitution does not differentiate between big and small wars. between afferentiate defensive action and an action that does not have an immediate threat. i don't think either cases mentioned is an immediate threat to the united states. these are open to interpretation. what is not open to interpretation would be an event whether or not congress has to give authorization. >> it is interesting where having this debate -- we are having this debate. senator mccain is correct. this is a subject of t
. >> this is an important issue regarding the role of congress in setting foreign policy, in particular, the power to make war. ways, itle, in some reflects what is being discussed president reagan decided to launch a limited strike in libya, how does this reconcile president reagan's example in 1986? or and operation of that magnitude? , thisn you look at this does not do anything beyond what the war powers act says. it says.ates what there has been disagreement. some people do not think...
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a top foreign policy aide called the decision disappointing. so is the obama response to putin's decision to give tempary asylum to snowden the wisest course? how can washington's officialdom rationize the -- al qaeda on the run or decimated with the latest terrorist plot that prompted the administration to shutter our embassies in the middle east and north africa. joining us tonight generaa jack keane, retired army general. former army vice chief of staff and fox news military analyst. general, great to have you with us. your reaction if you will, first, to what is an amazing display of ent mow logical interest on the part of the administration, a fascination with semantics instead of plain, straight talk? >> wel we've never had some straight talk here, lou. it's really frustrating. we've never had a comprehensive strrtegy to defeat the al qaeda. i'd defy anybody to tell me what that is. when we talk about successes, yes, we've had successes. we drove them out of afghanistan, defeated them in iraq, in their words, not mine. and we have killed
a top foreign policy aide called the decision disappointing. so is the obama response to putin's decision to give tempary asylum to snowden the wisest course? how can washington's officialdom rationize the -- al qaeda on the run or decimated with the latest terrorist plot that prompted the administration to shutter our embassies in the middle east and north africa. joining us tonight generaa jack keane, retired army general. former army vice chief of staff and fox news military analyst....
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and author of the important book "foreign policy begins at home." what do you make of this draft resolution? i think you had a chance to go through it. i'm sure it will pass in the foreign relations committee and the senate but what does it say to you? >> well, you know, i'm not in favor of the resolution both in principle and specifics -- >> because the president had all the authority he needed and it introduces real questions of first of all it only allows 90 days and then you need another resolution. so you're building uncertainty into america's staying power. it will put constraints on what it is we can do and the price of gaining congressional support is going to be to remove or dilute the threat. so what it takes to win in congress and what it takes, if you will, to achieve your goals in the theater. i also think it establishes a precedent not just for president obama but for all of his successors and i think in this world we need to have greater flexibility and a greater reliability both to reassure our friends and threaten our foes. >> becau
and author of the important book "foreign policy begins at home." what do you make of this draft resolution? i think you had a chance to go through it. i'm sure it will pass in the foreign relations committee and the senate but what does it say to you? >> well, you know, i'm not in favor of the resolution both in principle and specifics -- >> because the president had all the authority he needed and it introduces real questions of first of all it only allows 90 days and...